{"id":170986,"date":"2018-07-14T05:22:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T09:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=170986"},"modified":"2018-07-14T05:22:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T09:22:43","slug":"temporary-resident-visa-refusals-on-the-rise-says-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/14\/temporary-resident-visa-refusals-on-the-rise-says-new-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Resident Visa refusals on the rise, says new report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canada refused more than a quarter of all temporary resident visa applications in 2017 \u2014 and 30 per cent in the first three months of 2018, the Globe and Mail newspaper is reporting. (Photo<\/a> by Dennis Jarvis\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canada refused more than a quarter of all temporary resident visa applications in 2017 \u2014 and 30 per cent in the first three months of 2018, the\u00a0Globe and Mail\u00a0<\/em>newspaper is reporting.<\/p>\n

The report, published July 8, is based on data obtained by the\u00a0Globe and Mail<\/em>from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that show both the number of Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) applications for purposes including tourism, school, business, conferences and family visits \u2014 and the number of refusals \u2014 increasing significantly since 2012.<\/p>\n

Between 2012 and 2017,\u00a0the number of TRV applications processed each year by IRCC increased from 1.3 million to 2.3 million, the\u00a0Globe and Mail<\/em>\u00a0says. During this same period, the number of refusals soared to more than 600,000 in 2017.<\/p>\n

Of this last number, 494,133 were non-student TRV applications, which were refused at a rate of 26 per cent in 2017. In 2012, the refusal rate for non-student TRVs was 18 per cent, the\u00a0Globe and Mail<\/em>\u00a0says.<\/p>\n

Data for the first three months of 2018 saw the refusal rate surpass 2017, rising to 30 per cent for non-student visas.<\/p>\n

The refusal rate for student visa applications was even higher \u2014 climbing from 26 per cent in 2012 to 33 per cent in 2017.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Globe and Mail<\/em>\u00a0said the data reveal that it is becoming more difficult to get a Canadian visa approved \u2014 \u201cand the odds against applicants are rising.\u201d<\/p>\n

Refusal rates were highest for applicants from Africa and Middle East, with 75 per cent of applications from Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan being rejected in the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Government of Canada says the following basic requirements must be met in order to be permitted to travel to Canada:<\/p>\n